During a wild week on The View, while Star Jones is filling in for an absent Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin broke into tears on live television. As Monsters and Critics has reported, Joy Behar has been missing from The View for several days.

Sunny Hostin had an emotional response to a conversation about cardiovascular health on this morning’s episode of The View, which came only one day after her aunt died of a heart attack. The panel welcomed OG co-host Star Jones back to the Hot Topics table to fill in for Joy Behar, who has been absent for the last two days.

Guest cohost Star Jones and panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin offered condolences after Hostin handed her interview questions off in the emotional moment.

It seemed like the whole world collectively grieved when Steve Irwin — the famed “Crocodile Hunter” — tragically died at just 44 years old in 2006. The Australia Zoo zookeeper and conservationist was beloved globally but,

The View‘s Hot Topics segment often gets personal, as the cohosts routinely share how a particular issue impacts their lives, but a discussion today hit a little too close to home for cohost Sunny Hostin.